Blacking-box



(ModeL) A. H. SAVAGE.

BLAOKING BOX.

No. 253,109. Patented Jan. 31,1882.

INV'ENTOR f BY (4 G ATTORNEYS.

ilnrrnn STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

L"; ALONZO H. SAVAGE, ()F ASHTABULA, OHIO.

BLACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,109, dated January 31, 1882.

Application filed July 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALoNZo H. SAVAGE, of Ashtabula, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented certain useful Improvements in Blacking-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved box for blacking, 850., which is so constructed that the contents will be prevented from spreadingover the rim of the box, and is retained in the middle of the same.

The invention consists in a screw-threaded box for containing the blacking, and is provided with a lid having a large central aperture and an upwardlyprojecting threaded flange, the threads of which engage with those of the box. The lid is provided with a handle for turning it into the box, and has a scraper on its lower surface. p In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved blacking-box. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line 00 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation of the lid. Fig. etis a plan view of the under side of the lid.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The metal box A, which may be stamped out of one piece or made in several parts, has a screw-thread, B, cut, pressed, cast, or turned in its sides, which thread extends over the whole width or onlypart of the sides of the box. The blackingpaste G is filled into this box, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The lid D is provided with a large central aperture. E, and with an upwardly-projecting flange, F, which is threaded in the same manner as the sides of the box A, the threads of the lid D taking in those of the box A. The lid D is provided with a handle, G, by means of which it can be turned into or out of the box A. The lidD is further provided with a scraper attachment or projection, H, on the under side, which projection plows into the blacking, or scrapes it off in case this blacking has become hard or impacted.

(Model) The blacking-box is used in the following manner: If the handle G is turned in such a manner: that the lid D is pressed downward all the blacking-paste will be pressed toward the middle of the box, and will project through the central opening of the lid, as shown in Fig. 1. The brush is rubbed over thelid, and when that part of the blacking that projects above the lid has all been removed the lid is screwed down farther, and so on, until all the blacking has been used up.

In my improved blacking-box none of,the blackin g is spread over the edges, and the box will not soil tables, benches, 850., upon which it is placed, nor will it soil the hands of the person holding it, especially as the box is to be held by means of the handle.

In the boxes in use heretofore the blackin g was used up only from the middle of the box, whereas the blacking remained in the edges and corners of the box, and can only be removed with difficulty.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The herein-described blacking-box,consisting of a box having screw-threaded sides, and lid having a screw-threaded flange and a central aperture, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a blacking-box, the combination, with the box A, having screw-threaded sides B, of the lid D, having a screw-threaded flange, F, and provided with a central aperture, E, and scraper H, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In ablacking-box, the combination, with the box A, having screw-threaded sides B,*of the lid D, having a screwthreaded flange, F, central aperture, E, handle G, and scraper H, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ALONZO H. SAVAGE.

Witnesses: I

EDWARD SAVAGE, OHAs. W. SAVAGE. 

